"The circumstances required that I act quickly. Though disruptive and unfortunate, terminating operations was the best available option." / 2 comments
Plus: Tribeca Trust meet-and-greet; how to help the basketball courts on Chambers; Queens College MFA exhibition.
Along with some less good news. Plus: Novelist Rick Moody sings; Woodrow's throws itself a party; gallery show about plants; cherry blossoms.
Plus: Kembrel's pop-up shop; Fun. adds a second show (with Tegan and Sara); gallery exhibit of Metrocard art; Sandy photo contest; Ninja merchandise. / 4 comments
Not to mention food writer Melissa Clark, Marshall Crenshaw, vaudeville and magic, sculpture, artsy stools and chairs, "Chutzpah Fest," and a bus full of mystery writers. (Plus: You could win four new mysteries!)
Not to mention Joan as Police Woman, Richard Pryor double feature, the Tribeca Meet & Greet, a new "café society" venue, the Magic School Bus, Eleven Madison Park, Jolie Holland, and art galore. / 1 comment
Not to mention important work by three Hollywood directors, jazz by Randy Weston, three writers, art aplenty and possibly Peaches.
Spaceships are flying overhead, casting eerie shadows. It's the end of the world! Luckily (or not), some of us will come back to life, the better to eat a hot burrito with onion.
Plus: Columbine's new new name; 88 Franklin penthouse raises its price; special CB1 Landmarks meeting about Governors Island; clay party; gluten-free beer. UPDATED 7/21 with a bit more wine-store info. / 4 comments
Plus: Building about to collapse?; 9/11 anxiety hotline; Safe Horizon philanthropist; FiDi stats; clay art; W Downtown steal.
Let's talk about me! Here are answers to 10 reader-submitted questions.... / 9 comments
The Gothamist article about compass is very dumb. StreetEasy charges agents to post listings there, so it’s not as if... — Matt / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
You're better off reading about why the counterfeit vendors persist. https://www.city-journal.org/article/canal-street-fake-counterfeit-bags-vendors — James Bogardus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
The Canal Street article is behind the NY Times paywall, so I could not read it. But in the flash... — Marcus / In the News: Strolling Canal Street
With all the hoopla over the renewed Carnegie Deli - I'm sorry it's not them!! — Bec / Update: Carnegie Diner at 200 Chambers
Based on recent openings in the neighborhood, it seems the fad has moved from cookies to savory carbs like bagels... — N / Chip City has closed permanently
The Reade St commercial parking is probably an artifact of over 20 years ago when there was plenty of commercial... — N / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Yes, and the vagrants on Canal Street need to go, too. — James / Seen & Heard: Wayfinding for a counterfeit bazaar